By friends and sweet old people? Yes, I big time fuck with that parental energy. By partners? It's not my favorite, I wouldn't tell someone not to call me that though. One time an EMT was calling me baby, and that was OK. Kinda wished he was my dad for a sec tho, so that's probably why I'm not that fond of partners ding it. But I do want to point out he was the only male EMT I've encountered in this neck of the woods that didn't give off unpleasant cop-vibes.